AP World History (Spodek, Ch 14) Flashcards

307260040	Capitalism	an economic system based on private ownership of capital	0
307260041	Hernán Cortés	Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547)	1
307260042	Moctezuma II	(1466-1520) Aztec ruler from 1502 to 1520; he was the emperor of the Aztecs when Cortés and his army conquered the empire. He was taken prisoner and killed during battle with the Spanish army.	2
307260043	Martin Luther	a German monk who became one of the most famous critics of the Roman Catholic Chruch. In 1517, he wrote 95 theses, or statements of belief attacking the church practices.	3
307260044	95 Theses	Arguments written by Martin Luther against the Catholic church. They were posted on Octobe 31, 1517.	4
307260045	Spanish Armada	the great fleet sent from Spain against England by Philip II in 1588	5
307260046	nation-state	A country who's population share a common identity.	6
307260047	serfdom	feudal system, the use of serfs to work the land in return for protection against barbarian invasions	7
307260048	Peter the Great	ruled Russia from 1682 to 1725, wanted closer ties to western europe, modernize and strengthen Russia	8
307260049	Catherine the Great	Empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796)	9
307260050	Ottoman Empire	Centered in Constantinople, the Turkish imperial state that conquered large amounts of land in the Middle East, North Africa, and the Balkans, and fell after World War I.	10
307260051	Mughal Empire	a period of Muslim rule of India from the 1500s to the 1700s	11
307260052	shogun	the supreme military commander of Japan	12
307260053	samurai	feudal Japanese military aristocracy	13
307260054	mercantilism	an economic system (Europe in 18th C) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests	14
307260055	Dutch East India Company	Government-chartered joint-stock company that controlled the spice trade in the East Indies.	15